There's peace and quiet as another extension of the trade truce was announced this week. But it may not last, writes Scott Kennedy.

China's assertive and unsafe behavior in the South China Sea has made crashes more likely, experts say. Questions remain on what China will do next.

Australia has launched its largest military exercises with Philippine forces, involving over 3,600 personnel in live-fire drills and a beach assault near the South China Sea.

Their relationship is defined by a bloody border dispute, a vast power imbalance and a fierce contest for influence across Asia. Yet, President Donald Trump’s latest trade war may be achieving the unthinkable: pushing India and China into a wary but tactical embrace.

Last month, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi visited China for the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Summit, highlighting Tehran's growing ties with Beijing. Around that time, reports from Middle East Eye and Israel Hayom indicated Iran received Chinese-made surface-to-air missiles paid for in oil.

China has reported its economy showed signs of slowing in July as factory output and retail sales slowed while housing prices fell further.

BEIJING (Reuters) -Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi will visit India from Monday to Wednesday, China's foreign ministry said in a statement on Saturday, for talks about a disputed border in the Himalayas.

The Chinese economy lost some momentum in July, backing the case for policymakers to snap out of wait-and-see mode and stimulate growth.

During China's dual aircraft carrier mission, the Liaoning transited near the Senkaku Islands in late May as it headed from the East China Sea toward the wider Pacific Ocean. It sailed near the islands again in mid-June as it returned to China, according to a Newsweek map.

Eighty years after Japan was defeated, a wave of Chinese films about the occupation are fuelling memory and anger.

Accused for years of copying the technologies of other countries, China now dominates the renewable energy landscape not just in terms of patent filings and research papers, but in what analysts say are major contributions that will help to move the world away from fossil fuels.

China's stands at 84 percent, buoyed by debt-driven growth in the 2010s and a housing market crunch that heavily indebted local governments. London-based global advisory firm Oxford Economics estimates the Chinese economy's potential growth could be cut roughly in half by the 2050s.